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    Sissy Spacek

    1949-12-25 (74 years old) in Quitman, Texas, USA

    Mary Elizabeth 'Sissy' Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for four British Academy Film Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. Spacek was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. Born and raised in Texas, she initially aspired to a career as a recording artist. In 1968, at age 18, she recorded a single, "John, You Went Too Far This Time," under the name Rainbo. She began her professional acting career in the early 1970s, making her debut as an extra in Andy Warhol's Women in Revolt (1971). Her breakout role came with Terrence Malick's influential crime film Badlands (1973), which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. She rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Carrie White in Brian De Palma's horror film Carrie (1976), for which she received her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. After appearing in the acclaimed films Welcome to L.A. (1976) and Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in the biographical musical film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). Her other Oscar-nominated roles include Missing (1982), The River (1984), Crimes of the Heart (1986), and In the Bedroom (2001). Her other prominent films include Raggedy Man (1981), JFK (1991), Affliction (1997), The Straight Story (1999), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Nine Lives (2005), North Country (2005), Four Christmases (2008), Get Low (2010), The Help (2011), and The Old Man & the Gun (2018). She received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the television films The Good Old Boys (1995) and Last Call (2002), and for her guest role on the HBO drama series Big Love (2011). She portrayed matriarch Sally Rayburn on the Netflix drama thriller series Bloodline (2015–2017), Ruth Deaver on the Hulu psychological horror series Castle Rock (2018), and Ellen Bergman on the Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming (2018). She has also ventured into music, and recorded vocals for the soundtrack album of Coal Miner's Daughter, which peaked at number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart and garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. She released a studio album, Hangin' Up My Heart (1983), which was critically well-received and peaked at number 17 on Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

    Movies

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    Sam & Kate
    65 %|Nov 11, 2022
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Without Getting Killed or Caught
    0 %|Jul 23, 2021
    Documentary, Music
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    The Old Man & the Gun
    64.26 %|Sep 27, 2018
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    HyperNormalisation
    74 %|Oct 25, 2016
    Documentary
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    River of Gold
    0 %|Mar 26, 2016
    Documentary
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    Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
    80 %|Mar 4, 2016
    Documentary, Music
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    And the Oscar Goes To...
    69.7 %|Feb 1, 2014
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Making 'Badlands'
    80 %|Mar 19, 2013
    Documentary
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    Deadfall
    59.589999999999996 %|Nov 8, 2012
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    The Help
    82 %|Aug 9, 2011
    Drama
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    Get Low
    66.95 %|Jul 30, 2010
    Drama, Mystery, Comedy
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    Four Christmases
    58 %|Nov 26, 2008
    Comedy, Romance, Drama
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    Lake City
    57 %|Jan 1, 2008
    Action, Drama
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    Pictures of Hollis Woods
    67 %|Dec 2, 2007
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Hot Rod
    63.92 %|Aug 3, 2007
    Comedy, Action
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    Gray Matters
    58 %|Oct 21, 2006
    Comedy, Romance
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    Nine Lives
    60 %|Sep 2, 2005
    Drama, Romance
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    An American Haunting
    55.709999999999994 %|May 5, 2005
    Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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    The Ring Two
    57 %|Mar 10, 2005
    Drama, Horror, Thriller
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    North Country
    72.16 %|Feb 12, 2005
    Drama
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    A Home at the End of the World
    65.13 %|Jul 23, 2004
    Drama, Romance
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    Absence of Malick
    70 %|May 26, 2003
    Documentary
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    A Decade Under the Influence
    80 %|Apr 25, 2003
    Documentary
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    Tuck Everlasting
    66.42999999999999 %|Oct 11, 2002
    Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
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    Last Call
    50 %|May 25, 2002
    Drama
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    In the Bedroom
    69.03999999999999 %|Nov 23, 2001
    Drama, Thriller
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    Acting 'Carrie'
    65 %|Aug 28, 2001
    Documentary
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    Visualizing 'Carrie'
    45 %|Aug 28, 2001
    Documentary
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    Midwives
    70 %|Apr 2, 2001
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    Songs In Ordinary Time
    38 %|Oct 22, 2000
    Drama
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    The Straight Story
    77.18 %|Oct 15, 1999
    Drama
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    The Rage: Carrie 2
    56.230000000000004 %|Mar 12, 1999
    Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
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    Blast from the Past
    67.69999999999999 %|Feb 12, 1999
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
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    Affliction
    62.97 %|Feb 12, 1998
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    If These Walls Could Talk
    66 %|Sep 11, 1996
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Beyond the Call
    60 %|Jun 23, 1996
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Grass Harp
    59 %|Sep 10, 1995
    Comedy, Drama, Family
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    The Good Old Boys
    66.82000000000001 %|Mar 5, 1995
    Western, Adventure, TV Movie
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    A Place for Annie
    60 %|May 1, 1994
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Trading Mom
    60 %|Mar 4, 1994
    Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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    Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
    56 %|Jan 20, 1993
    Documentary
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    A Private Matter
    48 %|Jun 20, 1992
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Hard Promises
    51 %|Jan 31, 1992
    Comedy, Romance
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    Fonda on Fonda
    60 %|Jan 13, 1992
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    JFK
    76.02000000000001 %|Dec 20, 1991
    Drama, Thriller, History
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    The Talking Eggs
    0 %|Sep 14, 1991
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    Voices That Care
    80 %|Feb 28, 1991
    Documentary
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    The Long Walk Home
    75 %|Dec 21, 1990
    Drama, History
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    Crimes of the Heart
    61 %|Dec 12, 1986
    Comedy, Drama
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    'night, Mother
    74 %|Sep 12, 1986
    Drama
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    Violets are Blue
    50 %|Apr 4, 1986
    Drama, Romance
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    Marie: A True Story
    55.26 %|Sep 27, 1985
    Drama
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    The River
    62 %|Dec 1, 1984
    Drama
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    The Man with Two Brains
    61.790000000000006 %|Jun 10, 1983
    Comedy, Science Fiction
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    Missing
    72.6 %|Feb 12, 1982
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    Raggedy Man
    52 %|Sep 18, 1981
    Drama
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    Heart Beat
    56 %|Apr 25, 1980
    Drama
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    Coal Miner's Daughter
    72.53 %|Mar 7, 1980
    Music, Drama
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    Verna: USO Girl
    0 %|Jan 25, 1978
    actor
    Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
    0 %|Nov 25, 1977
    Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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    3 Women
    71.47999999999999 %|Apr 10, 1977
    Drama
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    Welcome to L.A.
    52 %|Nov 12, 1976
    Romance, Drama, Music
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    Carrie
    73 %|Nov 3, 1976
    Horror, Thriller
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    Katherine
    51 %|Oct 5, 1975
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Migrants
    57 %|Feb 4, 1974
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Badlands
    75 %|Jan 5, 1974
    Crime, Drama, Romance
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    Ginger in the Morning
    60 %|Mar 2, 1973
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    The Girls of Huntington House
    60 %|Feb 15, 1973
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Prime Cut
    64 %|Jun 1, 1972
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    Die, My Love
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama, Thriller

    Series

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    Night Sky
    69 %|May 19, 2022
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    Homecoming
    70 %|Nov 1, 2018
    Drama
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    Castle Rock
    72 %|Jul 25, 2018
    Mystery, Drama
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    GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
    75 %|Mar 23, 2018
    Talk
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    Bloodline
    71 %|Mar 20, 2015
    Drama
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    Off Camera with Sam Jones
    40 %|Feb 6, 2014
    Talk
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    Big Love
    69 %|Mar 12, 2006
    Drama
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    The View
    45 %|Aug 11, 1997
    Talk
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    The Rosie O'Donnell Show
    32 %|Jun 10, 1996
    Talk, Family, Comedy
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    Streets of Laredo
    62 %|Nov 12, 1995
    Western, Drama
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    Inside the Actors Studio
    73 %|Aug 14, 1994
    Talk
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    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
    100 %|Apr 21, 1992
    Animation, Family, Kids, Comedy
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    Seitenblicke
    0 %|Oct 7, 1987
    Documentary
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    Saturday Night Live
    69.5 %|Oct 11, 1975
    Comedy, News
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    Arena
    66 %|Oct 1, 1975
    Documentary
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
    60 %|Jan 12, 1975
    Talk
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    The Waltons
    71 %|Sep 14, 1972
    Drama
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    The Rookies
    69 %|Sep 11, 1972
    Drama, Crime
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    Great Performances
    49 %|Jan 28, 1971
    Comedy, Documentary, Drama
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    88 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama